ART OF PHYSICS COMPETITION

Inertia in Real Life

Newton’s laws, it describes the movement of an
object, i.e. an object at rest stays at rest and an object in motion tends
to stay in motion.

In my photo, I used a book and table cloth. It is an example of
inertia law because I pulled the table cloth from under the book and still
the book stayed in place while the table cloth seems blurry in my picture.
In my photo, I apply really strong force underneath the book.
At this time, friction between the book and the surface is losing a lot of
friction that is directly proportional with acceleration.

As a result, in my photo the book is staying in the same place but
the table cloth is moving very quickly.

Photographer

These pictures are included in the Art of Physics travelling exposition.
To get more information on how your institution can host the travelling exposition,
please contact Francine Ford, CAP's Executive Director at cap@uottawa.ca.